does the imperfect tense make the verb past tense?

Question

I'm not sure if the imperfect tense makes the word past tense. For example, does íbamos mean to go or went?

Answer 1

does íbamos mean to go or went?

íbamos is the imperfect past tense of the verb 'ir'. It means 'we were going', not 'we went'.

fuimos is the perfect past tense of the ver 'ir'. It means 'we went'.

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Answer 2

That's a past tense of "ir", and the best translation would be, as Jack-OBrien posted, "we were going."

Answer 3

Here is a pretty good post by one of our members recently, on the preterite and imperfect, the two past tenses in Spanish.

Answer 4

Yes. The imperfect tense is a form of the past tense.